Johnny Got His Gun (1971)

Director:

Dalton Trumbo

Writers:

Dalton Trumbo (novel)
Dalton Trumbo (screenplay)

Release Date:

14 August 1972 (Sweden)

Genre:

Drama | War

Tagline:

The most shattering experience you'll ever live.

Plot:

Joe, a young American soldier, is hit by a mortar shell on the last day of World War I. He lies in a hospital bed in a fate worse than death...

Plot Keywords:

Dream | Memory | Eyes | Hospital | Soldier

Awards:

Nominated for Golden Globe. Another 3 wins & 2 nominations

US TV Schedule:

Sun. Dec. 13

10:00 PM

TCM

Cast

Don 'Red' Barry	...	Jody Simmons (as Donald Barry)
Timothy Bottoms	...	Joe Bonham
Craig Bovia	...	Little Guy
Peter Brocco	...	Ancient Prelate
Judy Howard Chaikin	...	Bakery Girl
Kendell Clarke	...	Hospital Offical
Eric Christmas	...	Corporal Timlon
Dalton Trumbo	...	Orator (as Robert Cole)
Maurice Dallimore	...	British Colonel
Robert Easton	...	Third Doctor
Kathy Fields	...	Kareen
Larry Fleischman	...	Russ
Eduard Franz	...	Col. / Gen. Tillery
Anthony Geary	...	Redhead (as Tony Geary)
Ed Gilbert	...	Priest (as Edmund Gilbert)

Also Known As:

Dalton Trumbo's Johnny Got His Gun (USA) (complete title)
Johnny s'en va-t-en guerre (Canada: French title) (France) [fr]
E Deram-lhe Uma Espingarda... (Portugal) [pt]
E Johnny prese il fucile (Italy) [it]
Johnny Vai à Guerra (Brazil) [pt]
Johnny cogió su fusil (Spain) [es]
Johnny poszedl na wojne (Poland) [pl]
Johnny zieht in den Krieg (West Germany) [de]
O Johnny pire t' oplo tou (Greece) (reissue title) [el]
O Johnny pire to oplo tou (Greece) [el]
Sotilaspoika (Finland) [fi]

Runtime:

111 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Black and White | Color (Eastmancolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.66 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

West Germany:16 (f) | New Zealand:R16 | Australia:M | Finland:K-16 | France:-12 | Sweden:15 | USA:PG | USA:R (original rating) | Norway:18

Company:

World Entertainment

Trivia:

The scenes with Jesus Christ are written by Luis Buñuel.

Quotes:

Father: He eats through a tube. And whatever comes in through a tube has to go out through a tube. He is the armless, legless wonder of the twentieth century. And yet, by God, he's just as alive as you and me.

Movie Connections:

Featured in Metallica: The Videos 1989-2004 (2006) (V)

Easily the greatest film on war, EVER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Just watch it. Pacifist for life. Nothing will ever change me after this. The most horrifying experience ever. Dalton Trumbo made this possibly the greatest book to film creation of all time. People who love war are simply not human, and this movie shows it perfectly. The acting is normal, and it should be. Johnny is a normal man, as all men who fight for the machine. The human condition has never been portrayed as real as this. I now see why trumbo was named one of the Hollywood 10. He was not a genius. He was a messenger with a gift for seeing reality.

Watch this film.

NOW!